#278 The Adventures of Cocaine Bear & Andrew Carter Thornton II

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🗓️ 12 June 2025

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Today we’re talkin’ the story of Andrew Carter Thornton II and his drug smuggling shenanigans. How exactly this cop turned into a drug smuggler in the first place, and how the hell we’re gonna end up on “cocaine bear”, I have no idea. Let’s head back to the 80’s! Also this was made into a movie in 2023, just fyi. Check out our other shows!: Cryptic Soup w/ Thena & Kylee Strange & Unexplained True Crime Guys YouTube EVERYTHING TRUE CRIME GUYS: https://linktr.ee/Truecrimeguysproductions True Crime Guys Music: True Crime Guys Music on Spotify OhMyGaia.com Code: Crimepine Patreon.com/truecrimeguys Patreon.com/sandupodcast Merch: truecrimeguys.threadless.com Sources: Newspaper - The Knoxville News Sentinel Newspaper - The New York Times Documents - Georgia Bureau of Investigation Reports https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/cocaine-bear-true-story-dangers-animal-drugs https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/01/arts/cocaine-bear-true-story.html https://www.fieldandstream.com/stories/survival/survival-stories/cocaine-bear-true-story

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome back to True Crime Guys podcast. I'm your host Michael and you know I got Andy with me.
0:09.7	Okay, so I did all of my research correctly this time. Yes. What did you study?
0:13.5	The drug bear, right? Close enough. Oh, you, those drug mule? Oh, damn it. You'll know half of it.
0:20.4	As per you.
0:21.5	And you know more than me, because we're doing something different today.
0:24.3	Before we get into that, though, I must remind you guys that you can catch these episodes early and ad-free on Patreon for just $3 a month.
0:32.1	Just a measly $3 a month.
0:33.7	And you can hear us, you know, sometimes up to a couple days early.
0:37.2	No ads. That's the best
0:38.7	part. Plus, you get to hang out with me and Andy after the show and, you know, shoot the shit,
0:43.3	make some jokes, talk about what's going on in life, all that kind of good stuff.
0:46.3	Hear all of our uncensored ideas. Exactly, exactly. The stuff that doesn't, you know,
0:51.1	it doesn't make the cut. Yeah. Doesn't make the cut for the mainstream.
0:55.2	But speaking of mainstream on the free platform, you can check out our other shows like
0:58.8	Strange and Unexplained and Cryptic Soup wherever you listen.
1:02.0	Speaking of Cryptic Soup, it is hosted by Thina and Kylie, or it was hosted by Thina
1:06.2	and Kylie.
1:07.1	They are no longer making episodes, but lucky for us here at TCG,
1:15.1	Thina has stayed on with True Crime Guys team and is helping us tremendously.
1:17.1	Like today, for instance.
1:18.4	Very special case.
1:23.4	Thina bailed me out this week because we are talking about Andrew Carter Thornton the second.
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